Kärntner Brillenschaf (A)

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A medium-sized long-legged sheep with Roman nose and long lop ears. Both seces are polled. The black rim around the eyes (“glasses”) and the partly black ears (up to 2/3) are characteristic for the breed. The wool of the animals is white with coarse cover hair.

The breed developed through crossbreeding old local breeds with Bergamasca and Paduan sheep. It was firstly mentioned in 1844 as “Seeländer Schaf”. At the beginning of the 20th century the most widely spread breed in Austria, afterwards decrease because of grading-up with Bergamasca rams. Herdbook founding 1988.